Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-14
satmoa mVEK HINES.
The New Find In Enstern
Washfngtsn.
AMEN mInsraa DlskrIoe IBslns
opened IN cotviIie
county.


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Ror nnnbaR Il y6aEs h4ek q has
heea kn1wn thA1 1h1Ee WuEe many Kich
ana exennasxa minnEnl deposits h wh4t
Il knn2n - rs Moses O. UAano4nn
esantEE. whass re ahrsWd CO eniefs
M6nna nn1 GoasUh hald sWny. 1he az
tsa9 e eha eounfFy uhsEsin nlzsssl 3
fuamd d s1mre 30 miles I1n& e41s and
wsat, aud 80 miiaa vide; b0unded On
ths north b. tie intsEnafional boundary
Ifne, On the 60 b. she Ooinmbia KtssR.
ca - ssztb By Is OoIanbia and
Wanntohss Eirss4 and % he Meat ~
tie Cascade Mounfnina. Bpaakina
mors II Detail, within this b0u14aEys %
ebs ws1t q ne Okanonan o0qneEy, aEe
What b known - the LAks Chelan.
Meah0W and Wenafchee oountssa Al
the ssrsnnns dow saMthward into TIE
CoIumbiA river. Tia Typography Of The
whole esope Of country II alfke-a Daal
of Tu1ro1. abTupe, pine clad hlli1 nno
mounlnlns eut sp b. nnEeEo1a atxsams'
ls4is IMksn, nArT0w valleys mnA eaEyona.
The eastern half % the country d whal
waa known e The Moaas Reservation,
wiero cd Ohief Nooe8 tribe Of Indians
hunted. nhed nnd led an easy life. A
few GA time proapectnm had pz0Wlee
over TIE reserved mO1ntains, examined
to '.noat" and delved afOund am0nG
TIE rocks, and from 81 indiesti0ns wefl
eausinaaA thai Kieh and ahaDdAul
mineral deposits wers within the 70.
serve, bus fha Indians and the Govern
msnt dsbazrsd the psosDsotofs from
-
90 the ninih Of Nay, 1856. The FessE.
Walton Us thrown opea feT ssttlement,
then the posted pFcspeeeoFs wsns quick
u 10 work and located where good NTH
eral indioalions wsEs plainly evident
From the eight development woEk dons
n the Iast t8elye monlhs the country
shows mineral deposits that sufpasI
an axpeotakions, and make u evident
that this scope Of country viii Be equa
10 The unsnFDAasabie CsaF D. Alena
country. About ell Of ths leads % far
discovered range about 10 degrees wesl
OF north 10 the same east Of south
pitching Q very littls 70 the east, with
he foo9 walls granite end The haBRinf
aaIls auaEtxias o. syenitb; the vein mat
Tor, which g pEinefcAliy hard, arayisk
quartz, olosely resembling In color and
texture thai 81 the Oomstock, d bespat-
tered With scots of esza iooppeF, gslena
eafbonntes and shIorideB, silver ibeinl
she pnsAnminatinR metal; nexs, leao
gold and traces nf copper. The pFe1en
principal vein In the country iBWhat 4
tefme1 tie "FiFs1 ThcuQhs, lead, beinl
she hrSt discovered 10 the country. II
eauEsa, walls, etc., II 90 shove described
located in the Ruhy mining dis
triot By the Salmon river, sil
miles above said rivers eoeduenc'
with the Okonogan river. The LEAD ID
said 10 Be q weIl-defnaa hasure veip
readily tsaasAbie for several miles on Obi
surface. Nineteen locations have al
ready been mazda on the lead, al o.
which sho0 mineral and are being De
Velopsd; amcn& @hioh Il the FRS
| Thoughts location, the dFst made Las
December. The lead On the surface D
this location vas thEss feet vide, anS
at the bottom Of sixty-two foot shaf
Q Oroas-out shows Q solid ore bod
! twelve fest IN Niath that Il said 10 e.
sag from 5000 TO e40O0 per ton. tn
mins has recently been bonded 10 Ohi
caeo capitalists for $4,000. On thl
FaiFgieW . twenty feot shaft shows |
four foot vein OF mostly gray ooppe
ora, that assays $500 Per ton average
| The Homestake, she next location nortI
Of she FaiEyiew, has four foot vein q
the hottom Of an eight feot shaft, ghicl
shows more eelena; no assay. In tn
Poor Man che vein ls found three an
one bali feet vide % the depth Of six
tssn feet. On the Ruby G lft
foot shaft shows seven foot veil
assayine from 100 20 $50 ounces. A
| the Arlington, IN 9 fourteen foot shaft
Il q Eve foot body % ore, 9th the hang
ipa wall not yet tapped, which show
some copper and more ohlorid@ an
| carbonates, aaBayiug from go 70 $50
oanoes. Ths Delta has . four foot veil
Of gray copper ore at q depth o
eighteen feet. On the Peacock ts sunl
q hfAsen foot shaft in which the win 1
four and one-half fees vide and assay
20 ounces 70 the ton throughout. Mex
30 the Peacock u the O0lville, the Mus
tenth location made on the lead, Of
which an eight foot hole shows the veil
70 be four feet vide. Another yer,
promisine prospect in the Ruby distEie
10 the mOoloo-named altar
native OF town By that name Ia Aus
traiiR-situaied about tao miles south 0
First Thoueht;i Il has q strong three fec
vein Of carbonate ore 81 depth 81, tei
feet, between svenite walls that assay
IS high - u. 600 ounces Of silver 10 ID
In the Salmon river district, which i
shout fslr miles north Of the Rnby dis
triet. With Salmon City az the ceatFa
camp, are the folio wing locations. tn
Lane Star, owned By Tacoma bankers
on which 3 sixty foot tnnnal has beeI
IuR on fsuf foot vein Of Ralena anI
carbonate GRE between granite an.
poEphyFy gals, the ore assayinR 800
ounces and fifteen per cent. lead 20 thl
toni the ToaQhuut, on the opposite sid
Of the salmon river, owned By Spokaui
men, wall same 81 Tie Lone Star, Is de
veloped b. 9 twenty foot tunnel. show
ina Eve foet body Ct 40 ounce ore
The La Euna. also owned By Spokani
msn, h situated on the highest peak II
the Vioinisyi sixty feet shafs on thil
peospeef shows O strong average two
foot vein Of high grade Raleua and graz
eoVpeg ore that averages 400 Ounces 4
the ton. between fine vell-eut walls oil
grants and peFphyry. The Lady Of
the Lake, was discovered by Iadians
on which q tWenty -oae foot cross cut a
the bottom Of a afty-fouF foot shaft
shows all ore that averages 500 e1rcei
Of silver. with neither vail yet foand
Half Q mia southeast OF the Ii Euna
I is the Colombia location, on which q
vein two and one-half feet vide vas
found on The surface, and three feet
vide ct . depth Of aftesn feet, the ore
being gray copper, galena and carson
ates, essaying from 900 10 400 ounces
Of silver to the ton. On the Grover
Cleveland. which 10 about GOO fees east
Of the Columbia location, is found llys
foot body Of $50 ounce silver ore With
no walls. Ct the bottom Of an eighteen
foot shaft
In the Net hoe district, on the Met
how river, thirty miles vest Of Ruby
CITY, b The Aet-hoU lOcation, which Is
. ten-foot vein OF free milling cola
qaaftx IN granite, which 10 said 10 assay
sI57 gold 20 the ton.